Whole Step Down left-handed scale chart
D Blues Left-Handed Guitar Scale Chart
Blues scale notes, mirrored lefty fretboard positions and standard tab in Whole Step Down.
D Blues in Whole Step Down tuning gives you the notes D, F, G, G#, A, C across a mirrored left-handed fretboard. Whole step down changes the guitar response enough to affect bends, muting and attack, which is useful for heavier left-handed rhythm playing. Because the b5 often gets hit with attitude rather than precision, use the mirrored layout to keep the visual target honest before adding aggressive articulation.
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Charts are mirrored for left-handed players. Standard tablature below stays unchanged because tab does not flip with handedness.
Primary Chart
Scale View
Full neck left-handed mirror view. Use Position 1 first, then move across the smaller windows.
0-4 frets in mirrored left-handed view
5-9 frets in mirrored left-handed view
10-14 frets in mirrored left-handed view
15-19 frets in mirrored left-handed view
18-22 frets in mirrored left-handed view
Standard Reference
Tab & Shape Readout
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------0--3--| A|---------------------------------0--3--------| F|---------------------0--2--3--4--------------| C|---------------0--2--------------------------| G|------0--1--2--------------------------------| D|0--3-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 1 Tab
D|---------------------------------------0--3--| A|---------------------------------0--3--------| F|---------------------0--2--3--4--------------| C|---------------0--2--------------------------| G|------0--1--2--------------------------------| D|0--3-----------------------------------------|
0-4 frets • 15 note position run
Position 2 Tab
D|---------------------------------------5--6--7--| A|---------------------------------5--8-----------| F|---------------------------7--9-----------------| C|---------------5--7--8--9-----------------------| G|---------5--7-----------------------------------| D|5--6--7-----------------------------------------|
5-9 frets • 16 note position run
Position 3 Tab
D|---------------------------------------10-12-| A|------------------------------10-11-12-------| F|------------------------12-14----------------| C|------------------12-14----------------------| G|------10-12-13-14----------------------------| D|10-12----------------------------------------|
10-14 frets • 15 note position run
Position 4 Tab
D|---------------------------------------15-17-18-19-| A|---------------------------------15-17-------------| F|------------------------15-16-19-------------------| C|------------------17-19----------------------------| G|------------17-19----------------------------------| D|15-17-18-19----------------------------------------|
15-19 frets • 17 note position run
Position 5 Tab
D|------------------------------------18-19-22-| A|------------------------------20-22----------| F|------------------------19-21----------------| C|---------------19-20-21----------------------| G|---------19-22-------------------------------| D|18-19-22-------------------------------------|
18-22 frets • 15 note position run
Context
How To Use This Page
Blues feels gritty, tense and expressive and is useful for turnarounds, greasy phrasing and blues-rock solo work.
The blue note still sits in the same fret relationship shown in standard tab, even though the fretboard chart is mirrored for left-handed reading.
Treat the b5 as a passing colour and resolve it deliberately
Whole Step Down feels lower, wider and more elastic under the fingers. It gives familiar fingering a deeper voice without changing interval relationships.
- D
- F
- G
- G#
- A
- C
Next Step
Matching Left-Handed Chords
These chord pages use the same tuning and key centre so you can move straight from a scale chart into left-handed rhythm work.
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